Mr. Char Burger hunkers in all its retro glory amid a cluster of auto shops on Telephone Road, southeast of Hobby Airport. It’s one of a triumvirate of old-fashioned burger joints in the vicinity, the …

I have fond memories of Lankford’s Grocery, the time-warpy family-owned hamburger joint that chugs along on an oddball corner where Old Montrose meets New Midtown. So it was a shock to return after an …